climate change
Daily Alchemy: Can we make this controversy good?
8d ago“Was Trump justified in threatening Brazil with tariffs over Amazon deforestation?”
I want to mention that I love the environment and I want us to put a bunch of resources into protecting it. I’d love for us to set aside 50% of the planets surface as preserves. I think we should purchase the entire Amazon and make a huge international park.... Yes, thank you, i think what you’ve said about the medium term really highlights where I feel most unclear. Here’s one brush at it • In the super short term (decades?), from a totally egocentric POV, it doesn’t matter what we do.... - b_b...
Okay, here’s my first response, maybe another coming later. Yeah, I agree that on Earth-relevant timescales, the Earth is totally gonna be fine (setting aside AI, which I’m doing for now). But I want to include the medium term in this thread, which seems missing....